An Old Gamekeeper
Plain Directions for Acquiring the Art of Shooting on the Wing...Publisher: The Industrial Publication Company, 1873 New York. Book. Book condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Subtitle: With Useful Hints Concerning All That Relates to Guns and Shooting, and Particularly in Regard to the Art of Loading So As To Kill. To Which Has Been Added Several Valuable and Hitherto Secret Recipes, of Great Practical Importance to the Sportsman. By An Old Gamekeeper. This is a guide to shooting and hunting, including tips and hints for the modern sportsman (ca. 1873), intended particularly to encourage new sportsmen to try the sport. 88 pages + 8 pages of advertisements. Book is in GOOD condition. No dust jacket.

Carpenter, R.R.M.
My African SafariPublisher: Roycrofters, 1937 East Aurora, NY. Book. Book condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall R. R. M. Carpenter was an executive and member of the Board of Directors of DuPont in Wilmington, Delaware. This is his first-hand account of his African safari during the mid-1930s. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 34 pages. Book is in VERY GOOD condition. No dust jacket.

Cox, Nicholas (Preface by E.D. Cuming).
Hunting (The Gentleman's Recreation).Publisher: London: Cresset Press, 1928.. Modern limited Stiff vellum. Octavo, Limited edition of 650 copies, this being #' VI' of fifty printed on Arnold hand made paper and bound in limp vellum. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Foldout frontis has minor creasing and a tear of a couple of inches near mounting edge but not affecting image. Vellum covers are lightly soiled a little warped from shrinkage (almost universal to vellum in this climate). The gilt top edge is dusty at the fore edge corner due to the very uneven trim of the fore edge.Bookplate of previous owner on front fixed endpaper. Fold Out Frontis. This is a reprinting of the book first published in 1674. Hardcover Hardcover Very Good

Cypress, Jr.
Sporting Scenes and Sundry Sketches; Being the Miscellaneious Writings of J. Cypress, Jr. (2 Volumes)Publisher: Gould, Banks & Co. , 1842 New York. Book. Book condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Edited by Frank Forester. "In committing the collected works of his departed friend to the somewhat precarious sea of popular favor, the editor has bet few remarks to offer; his not ungrateful task is ended, and if any find gratification in the fruit of his labors, rich will be his reward in feeling that he has ministered in something to the alas! posthumous reputation of one whom he esteemed truly living, and affectionately remembers, when remembrance only and regret are left to him. The plan laid down in the brief memoir of the author has been adhered to strictly; except in one, and that a very slight particular. It was there stated to be the editor's intention to omit altogether the political writings of J. Cypress, Jr. which are exceedingly voluminous, for reasons therein mentioned; but on mature reflection, it was judged better to insert two articles in prose, and a few squibs in verse, as being singularly characteristic of the man.." Cypress was a noted writer and contributed articles to various magazines about his experiences as a sportsman, hunter and fisherman. Illustrated. 210 (Volume 1)+ 231 (Volume 2) pages. Books are in GOOD condition. No dust jackets.

Grand, Gordon.
The Millbeck Hounds: A Collection of Hunting Stories.Publisher: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947.. First Trade Edition Hardback octavo in red cloth. 368 pages illustrated by chapter title drawings by Eleanor Iselin Mason. First published in 1941 by Derrydale in a limited edition. Stories of foxes and hounds and horses and the hunt in general by an author most usually associated with Derrydale Press limited editions. Inside clean and soundly bound, but previous owner name on front endpaper; some light glue transfer to the endpapers. The covers are lightly soiled as is the textblock. The jacket spine is noticeably faded; the edges moderately worn with some shallow chipping especially at rear spine fold; a one inch tear to the bottom front, another to the bottom rear, and a two inch tear with associated creasing at top rear panel. Hardcover Hardcover Very Good in Very Good - DJ

Hallock, Charles
The Sportsman's Gazeteer and General GuidePublisher: Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1877 New York. Book. Book condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall "The Game Animals, Birds and Fishes of North America; Their Habits and Various Methods of Capture. Copious Instructions in Shooting, Fishing, Taxidermy, Woodcraft, etc. Together with a Directory to the Principal Game Resorts of the Country; Illustrated with Maps." 688 pages with index. This is followed by by "A Sportsman's Directory to the Principal Resorts for Game and Fish in North America, " a state-by-state listing of resorts. 208 pages. Book is in GOOD condition. No dust jacket.

Hawker, Lieut. Col. P.
Instructions to Young Sportsmen, In All That Relates to Guns and ShootingPublisher: Lea and Blanchard, 1846 Philadelphia, PA. Book. Book condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall First American edition, from the ninth London edition. "To which is added the hunting and shooting of North America, with descriptions of the Animals and birds. Carefully collated from authentic sources by Wm. T. Potter, Esq., editor of the New York 'Spirit of the Times'.." "I take the liberty of dedicating to you, as the most accomplished sportsman of my acquaintance, the first American edition of Col. Hawker's work on 'Guns and Shooting.' The high character of the book, its great reputation, both in this country and in England, and the number of editions through which it has passed, having attracted the attention of the american publishers, they confided to my care the task of adapting it to the wants of the American Sporting World. In fulfilment of this, it appeared to me that much of it was altogether unnecessary to sportsmen on this side of the Atlantic. You will see, therefore, that I have omitted many chapters contained in the original, which, being devoted to matters of a local character, could not be regarded as either useful or interesting to our countrymen generally. The space thus obtained I have filled up with a series of articles upon The Hunting and Shooting of North America, from the pens of our most practical and scientific sportsmen. If you did not excel in all Field Sports, from deer and fox-hunting to quail-shooting and fly-fishing - indeed, if you were not 'up to every thing in the ring, ' and 'a trump' whenever coolness, sagacity, strength, or activity is required, I should hesitate in expressing the hope that this work may meet your acceptance. It is the first, of a purely sporting character, ever published in the United States; and should it be deemed worthy of those for whose instruction and amusement I have compiled it, I shall feel amply repaid for the labour expended upon it..." Illustrated with black-and-white engravings. 519 pages with index + 12 pages of advertisements for books for sportsmen by Lea and Blanchard. Book is in GOOD condition; wear to cover; water staining; overall GOOD condition. No dust jacket.

Herbert, Henry William (Frank Forester).
Frank Forester's Sporting Scenes and Characters Embracing . . .The Quorndon Hounds and The DeerstalkersPublisher: Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1881.. New, Revised and Enlarged Edition Hardback 12mo, about 7 inches tall, ` in half brown morocco on marbled boards. The two titles paginated separately 171 and 198 pages respectively. Frontis and four internal engravings. This is designated "volume II" on the title page, the first volume containing two other titles from the same author. Hunting in Scotland. Very attractive binding with five raised bands and simple hunt related cartouches. The binding could be as late as the 20's but is more likely much closer to the publication date. Previous owner name in pencil on first blank. Corners lightly worn. Hardcover Hardcover Very good+

Herbert, Henry William, Illustrated by: Herbert, Henry William
American Game In Its SeasonsPublisher: Charles Scribner, 1853 New York. Book. Book condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall "This volume, which is now for the first time submitted to the public in a connected form, is composed for the most part of papers which have appeared from time to time in the pages of Graham's excellent magazine, under the runningtitle of 'The Game of the Month.' It does not profess to contain complete accounts of every species of game, found or pursued within the wide limits of the United States of America..All that it aims at doing is to set some of the principal and most highly esteemed varieties before the general reader, in a light and attractive style, with some account of their specific distinctions and characteristics in a zoological point of view; of their habits, haunts, and migrations; and of their season in different parts of the vast demesnes owned by the American people; not what is esteemed the most sportsmanlike and scientific mode of pursuing, killing, and when killed, cooking them for the table. The leading idea of the plan was to adopt for each month in the year the finest, and most generally, favorable species of game, with reference principally, as regards season, to the Northern, Midland, and Northwestern portions of the United States and Canada, though the animals described are common more or less to all sections of the country.." 20 illustrations from nature and on wood, by the author. 343 pages. Book is in GOOD condition. No dust jacket.

Martindale, Thomas
Hunting in the Upper YukonPublisher: George W. Jacobs & Company, Publishers, 1913 Philadelphia, PA. Book. Book condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall This is the story of the author's hunting trip to the Upper Yukon Territory of Canada in the early part of the 20th Century. It tells of travel by sleds pulled by huskies and hunting such game as caribou, mountain sheep, moose and grizzlies. 8 illustrations on black-and-white photographic plates. 320 pages. Book is in GOOD condition. No dust jacket.

Seneca (ed)
Hints and Points for SportsmenPublisher: Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1891 New York. Book. Book condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall "Seneca" offers advice on all areas of modern (ca. 1890) outdoor sports: guns and shooting; game hunting and trapping; fish and fishing; camping; and boating and yachting. In addition there are chapters on dogs, health hints and fly tying. Illustrated. 224 pages + 16-page advertising supplement of sporting books by this publisher. Book is in GOOD condition. A jacket has been placed over the book by a previous owner.

Unknown
Forest and Stream, A weekly Journal of the Rod and GunPublisher: Rod and gun, January 14, 1892. Fair newspaper. Front and back covers are partly loose, hjave some edge wear, a few stains. Paper was folded for delivery. Pp are all tanned. 15 3/4 x 11", 32 pp with illustrations.